English verb: draw a blank | |||
1. | draw a blank (cognition) be unable to remember | ||
Samples | I'm drawing a blank. You are blocking the name of your first wife!. | ||
Synonyms | blank out, block, forget | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | slip, slip one's mind | ||
Antonyms | recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | ||